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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Where to GPU Mine for best profit
by
2941digger
on 26/06/2014, 14:00:41 UTC
as far as i understand, your not going to be "updating" sgminer 4.

your going to be not using it and using the new sgminer.

so, once more Wink, you need to download it first. either with the built in browser or the terminal.

i did a search for you and found some instructions here.

http://tabletuser.blogspot.com/2014/06/nicehash-mining-using-bamt.html

1. create "sgminer5" folder using terminal "mkdir /home/user/sgminer5" or ctrl+n in File Manager from target folder (home/user).

2. download sgminer-5.0-pre-release-2014-06-22-linux-i386.zip from Nicehash software page https://nicehash.com/software/ LINKor terminal
 "wget https://nicehash.com/software/sgminer-5.0-pre-release-2014-06-22-linux-i386.zip"
 using file manager copy to new folder you just created (sgminer5)

3. from File Manager, while in sgminer5 folder, open terminal (F4) and enter "unzip *.zip"

4. from terminal "export DISPLAY=:0 && export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1 && export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100" or remove the && and do one at a time.

5. from terminal "aticonfig --adapter=all --odgt" should see all your cards, if not rerun #4, #5, reboot, #4, #5, give up.

6. test sgminer from terminal "./sgminer -n" should run a good report.

7. In terminal "wget https://www.nicehash.com/multialgo/sgminer-multi-7950.conf" then "leafpad *.conf" or from browser https://www.nicehash.com/multialgo/sgminer-multi-7950.conf LINK

8. Your sgminer.conf is located in /root/.sgminer/ so make sure you "Show Hidden" or ctrl+h for File Manager to see it or in terminal "leafpad /root/.sgminer/sgminer.conf" Copy paste contents into your sgminer.conf.  I bookmark sgminer.conf location to make it easier.

9. Edit and add your BTC address to each pool address.  I changed my password to "d=0.08" for X11 and X13. I also deleted the last pool entry (remove that last comma).  After making changes use the JSON validator to find errors, saved me lots of wasted time.
http://jsonlint.com/ LINK  i.e., "password" : ""x"" in download conf is invalid so change to "x"

You can start mining by running "./sgminer" from "/home/user/sgminer5" takes about a minute for screen to appear.

-optional

10.  You can create a bash script and label it "x11.sh", make sure you terminal "chmod a+x x11.sh" so it will execute the commands below or use File Manager to change permissions and check the execute button.

added this for clarity: You created and empty file and name it "x11.sh"? and made it executable? No then with File Manager in the /home/user/ folder using mouse: "right click - New- Blank File"
then "right click - leafpad" and add content below.  If leafpad option doesn't appear, do F4 "leafpad x11.sh" or whatever name you just gave that new file.

#!/bin/bash
sudo /etc/init.d/mine stop
sleep 30
export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1
export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100
cd /home/user/sgminer5
screen ./sgminer

Now from terminal you can "./x11.sh" just have to be in the user/home folder, thats the default location for lxterminal to open.
I was able to use this guide for PIMP OS and get it working, but I had to "sudo apt-get install pcmanfm" and "sudo apt-get install lxterminal" I launched pcmanfm and lxterminal from Tux Commander, look for box with "root@pimp" beside it.  I found the include file manager and terminal annoying to use.

Hit the like button, or something like that. Leave me a note if you found this guide helpful.  Should I include screen shot, pictures in future guides?


Posted 3 days ago by cesar jimenez